stackyFACTSThey took cultural appropriation to its absolute geographic extreme.
They took cultural appropriation to its absolute geographic extreme. The founders of the Theosophical Society moved from New York to India in 1879 entirely because they were convinced the Himalayas were crawling with 'Mahatmas'—superpowered spiritual masters. They were shocked to discover that regular Indians were just trying to survive colonial rule, not casually levitating and dispensing psychic secrets to weird American tourists.
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